Chaos at a Varsity Cup match after fight breaks out between students [video]

A Varsity Cup rugby match had to be halted after a fight broke out on the field on Monday night.

A Varsity Cup fixture between Shimlas and Midibas had to be stopped after a fight broke out between protesting and non-protesting students on Monday. Students at the University of the Free State are protesting alongside workers over the outsourcing system.

In a statement issued on its website, UFS condemned the violence against protesters that followed the disruption of the game.

It says the institution’s private security officials were outnumbered and several people were injured and treated by paramedics on site.

UFS also says both the protesters and spectators were joined by people who are not students at the university.

SRC President Lindokuhle Ntuli says the fight spread from the sports ground to the reses.